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Step down a flight of steps in a nondescript White Plains strip mall — home to the Department of Motor Vehicles — and you might as well be in Chinatown. Minus the crowds, blaring horns and street smells of Manhattan, that is.

Kam Sen Asian Market is one of the largest Asian supermarkets in Westchester, with 21,000 square feet of retail space. The cavernous store, which opened in 2003, has roughly 40,000 items in stock, and the staff can special order just about anything else you can imagine. “We have everything you need to cook and serve Oriental food,” says Tsu Chun (T.C.) Kuo, who manages the store and serves as one of its many owners. And he means it. There are products from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Malaysian, Singaporean, Thai and Indian cuisines, as well as a smattering of Latin American foods. The store carries fresh grade-A meats, fish and produce (standard items, plus Asian fruits and vegetables that you won’t find at your traditional grocer), and rice, noodles, Asian snacks, about 350 Chinese herbs (for medicinal purposes), housewares and tea.

When you walk in, the first thing you’ll notice is a Hong Kong-style bakery, which displays red bean buns, egg custard tarts, green tea cake, and more — almost all of which are made in-house. The bakery also serves bubble tea, an addictive sweetened tea beverage enriched with milk and jazzed up with gummy round tapioca pearls.

Moving on from the bakery, you’ll reach the hot food section, replete with a hanging whole roasted pig and crispy roasted ducks. There are 10 tables and a sushi bar, making it an ideal lunch spot. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, you can also order dim sum, including rice noodles, steamed shrimp dumplings and barbecue pork buns.

After lunch, delve into the grocery aisles, where you’ll find virtually everything East Asian that’s edible. And to serve it? Head to the housewares section, which offers teapots, woks, platters and more.

The fish department boasts live fish and lobsters. And the tea aisle houses 600 teas, ranging from $3.99 to $80 per pound for jasmine oolong from Taiwan.

“A lot of people are surprised when they see a store so big inside a mall,” says Kuo. “The main thing is, we do our best to help and serve people.”

So help yourself to a delicious and authentic Asian shopping experience, minus the drive into the city — or even the flight across the Pacific.